Apparatus for removing solid and liquid particles from gases.



D F. SBPULGHRE. APPARATUS PQR, E'EMOVIN $99,626;

G SOLID AND LIQUID PARTIGLES FRQM GASES. 'SARPL'IUATION FILED SEPT. g4, 1907.

Patented sept.2`9,1908.

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FRANQISSEPULCHRIL OIVLIEGE, BELGIUM.

APPARATUS FOB REMOVING SOLID AND LIQUID PARTICLS FROM GASES.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

i Application filed September 24, 1907. Serial No. 394,400.

To all whom tt may concedo:

Be it known that Iv, Enirnois SEPULciiiin, subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Liege, Belgium, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements'in-pparatus for Removing Solid and Liquid Particles troni Gases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exact description of the iiive1ition,`su'ch will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to 'n'iake and use the saine.

This invent-ion has reference to apparatus for reinoving from gases, any solid or liquid particles with which the saine may be charged, and in which the gas is driven at a high speed against a sheet of liquid in the l'oini of a thin iilin. The solid or liquid particles are also projected by the forces by which they are inllucnced, into a .bath of water or other suitable liquid,

The annexed drawing re' )resents one forni of the apparatus in vertical section.

The upright column or pillar a, into which the gases tobe purified are introduced at the top, leads at-its lower end into a bell or casing whose upper end is closed; but which is provided with anoriiice at c', for'the escape ol the purified gases. The lower end ol .the coluiiin a, is arranged at a certain distance above the plane of th liquid-bath d,-this distance being'proportionate to the speed wliicl'i is imparted to the gas. This speed, which is appropriate to the nature andstatc of' tlic `spray and the film of liquid, .i'nay bc produced by a pressuredevice ci'iiiventionally represented atf such a lorcc being imparted by it to the spray as will insure aspiration, but should be such will insure the instant penetration of the said spray into the liquid.

In order to augment the speed oll thcllow ol the gases and reduce to a minimum the efl'cct of eddies which may be produced. at the surface ol the liquid bath d, a conc e, isarraiigcd within the interior of the column d, and within the lower part thercol, in such a iiiannci' as to leave between its base and the walls of the said coluiiin, a narrow channel, through which the gases are lorecd onto the surl'ace of the thin liliii ol' liquid d. rllic purified gases then rise in the bell, ),4 and escape by the orilicc c.

It is obvious that a number or series of i such apparatus as above described may be used and that the force necessary' for impelling the gases therethrough niay be obtained by the aid ol natural pressure or by the aid of a suitable compressor or aspirator. l

With this apparatus, the gases have a c'ontinuous flow which increases the output capacity'o'f' the purifier as well as serving to reduce to a inininiuiii the exterior force which has to be applied for iinpelling the gases therethrough. rllie apparatusalso has the advantages that it occupies but a moderate space and can be installed at a moderate cost. Having fully described iny invention, what I desire toclaiin and secure by l'ietters Pateiit is:- 1. 'llie hcrciiidesciilicd apparatus loi' frecing gas -troni liquid or solid particles' rontained therein, comprising a liquid. rceep-l tacle, a tube providing an unobstructed gas the level of liquid therein, incaiis for forcing the gas te be treated through the tube at a high speed, and a eoncshaped body arranged within the lower end ol the tube and providing therewith a narrow annular passage,

ywlicrebytlic will be discharged from the lower end of the tubo in the loriii of athin sheet.

25. The herein described apparatus for freeing gas from liquid or solid particles contained therein, comprising a liquid receptacle, a tube having its lower end extending into the receptacle and terminating above the level ol liquid therein, means for forcing' the gas to bc treated through the tube at a high speed, a cone-shaped body arranged Within the lower ond ot the tube and providi-ng therewith a narrovT annular passage, In testimony whereof I have signed. my whereby the gas will be discharged from the name to thisA specification in the presence of? lower end of the tube in the forni of a thin two subscribing Witnesses. sheet, and a, easing surrounding the lower FRANQOIS SEPULCHRE.

5 portion of the tube to receive the gas passing Witnesses:

therefrom and having an outlet for the pur- CHARLES SEPULCHRE, lied gas. ALFoNsE LERUTH. 

